Writing · 1894 to 1980

Lesser Samuels

Best rated: Ace in the Hole (8.0)

Films: 14
Avg rating: 6.54
Peak run: 1945’56
7+ run: 2 films

Films: 14
Avg rating: 6.54
Peak run: 1945’56
7+ run: 2 films

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The career

Lesser Samuels, writing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

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193614 films1956

Current formLast 5: 6.54 vs career 6.54 (−0.00)

As a writer, films with 1,000+ votes

Lesser by the numbers

Average

6.54

5 rated films

Vote weighted

6.68

bigger films count more

Median

6.4

half are better

Consistency

±1.30

rating spread

Career

21y

1936 to 1956

Total votes

59K

across every film

Best

8.0

Ace in the Hole

Worst

4.6

The Silver Chalice

Newest first

Filmography

Writing filmography

1956	Great Day in the Morning	6.4	1,244
1954	The Long Wait	·	624
1954	The Silver Chalice	4.6	1,996
1951	Ace in the Hole	8.0	43,241
1951	Darling, How Could You!	·	321
1950	No Way Out	7.4	7,062
1949	Adventure in Baltimore	·	551
1945	Tonight and Every Night	6.3	1,274
1944	The Hour Before the Dawn	·	326
1941	Unholy Partners	·	581
1940	Bitter Sweet	·	599
1940	The Earl of Chicago	·	505
1938	Climbing High	·	275
1936	It's Love Again	·	399

Better together?

Lesser Samuels's regulars

Victor SavilleWriter · 5 films · 5.45 avg▼−0.95

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Lesser Samuels

2 nominations, 0 wins

Awards record

Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1952
Billy Wilder, Lesser Samuels, Walter Newman
Nominated
Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1951
Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Lesser Samuels
Nominated

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